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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798957403321

Autore

Zack Aaron M.

Titolo

Hegemonic war and grand strategy : Ludwig Dehio, world history, and the American future / / Aaron M. Zack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-2310-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

Hegemony

Balance of power

Europe History

United States Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and methodology -- Dehio's theory : the wars for hegemony in Europe and rise of the world powers -- Hegemonic war and the Hellenic state system -- The Hellenistic state system and Roman hegemony -- Hegemony and culture : the Italian Renaissance state system and the Roman Empire -- Dehio and German historiography : interpreting the German bid for supremacy -- The European system and the Western Hemisphere : the dynamics of hegemony and plurality -- Dehio's theory and contemporary American grand strategy -- Hegemonic war, American grand strategy, and the contemporary Middle Eastern state system -- Hegemonic war, American grand strategy, and the contemporary East Asian state system -- Conclusion : the future of global order : hegemonic conflict or concert of great powers -- Afterword : hegemony, nihilism, and decline.